Table 2 Factors related to eHealth literacy

Age group

20–30

28.2308

5.41839

65.6154

10.42863

30–40

26.5185

4.26408

61.0370

7.76323

40–50

24.3200

5.37735

59.3800

9.50164

50–60

25.3865

6.25914

59.8405

10.64229

P-value*

0.13

0.22

Gender

Female

25.3387

6.14934

59.7903

10.44130

Male

25.7313

5.19493

61.2388

9.39550

P-value**

0.64

0.32

Education level

Less than a bachelor’s degree

25.0204

6.11921

58.9728

10.45076

More than a bachelor’s degree

26.0283

5.56769

61.8396

9.58485

P-value**

0.18

0.02

ICDL

Yes

25.7816

6.60765

60.1724

10.69036

No

25.2651

5.51271

60.1747

9.93004

P-value**

0.51

0.99

Underlying disease

Yes

25.4480

5.89401

60.2308

10.32015

No

25.4063

6.06874

59.7813

9.26573

P-value**

0.97

0.80

History of drug use

Yes

25.4821

5.34957

60.1786

9.08767

No

25.4315

6.06526

60.1726

10.48715

P-value**

0.95

0.99

Concern about health status

Yes

25.9796

5.44017

60.8027

9.73177

No

24.6981

6.44563

59.3019

10.74924

P-value**

0.08

0.25

The amount of internet use during the day

Less than 1 h

24.3636

6.08564

58.5455

10.40885

1 to 2 h

24.6863

5.55874

58.3333

9.59722

2 to 3 h

26.0625

8.97752

60.7500

12.50866

More than 3 h

26.2750

5.36713

61.7750

9.80607

P-Value*

0.13

0.09

The tool used to connect to the Internet

Tablet

29.4000

6.14817

69.4000

11.39298

Smartphone

25.3826

5.98992

60.0348

10.21424

Workplace computer

25.8889

3.65529

59.0000

8.09321

Home computer

24.3333

5.22015

59.7778

9.48390

P-value*

0.45

0.23

Assessing the level of public health

Very much

26.9815

5.97343

63.1111

9.88658

Much

26.7778

5.95711

61.7037

11.31308

To some extent

25.5000

5.00000

56.0000

10.73934

Low

23.6667

5.40840

57.1754

9.34893

P-value*

< 0.001

< 0.001

History of disease

More than once

25.9512

7.01410

60.4826

9.76273

Once

25.4378

5.69977

59.7317

11.96667

No

23.6364

5.22059

56.1818

10.51492

P-value*

0.51

0.38

Regular physical activity

< 5 times a week

27.4545

4.79160

63.9545

9.34375

3–4 times a week

25.5333

5.55321

60.8333

9.05617

Once-twice a week

25.4375

4.93751

59.8667

10.00619

Once − 3 times a month

25.0690

7.54004

59.5172

11.17593

Rarely

24.3864

6.37602

57.7045

10.52437

Never

21.1429

3.80476

54.4286

6.92477

P-value*

0.01

0.004

Healthy diet during 24 h a day

Very low

23.7241

4.71999

57.5862

8.67063

Low

23.7273

5.74614

56.7273

11.09136

To some extent

25.0000

7.64337

59.4872

11.03314

Much

25.7500

5.17283

60.9032

9.80660

Very much

26.4000

6.60241

61.1600

10.92714

PP-value*

0.26

0.35

The amount of general knowledge in the field of health

Very little

20.0000

5.24087

50.9375

8.93285

Little

24.3538

5.88634

57.8615

9.87971

To some extent

27.4301

5.11051

63.9032

8.90294

Much

28.0000

2.82843

68.5000

4.94975

Very much

28.6667

5.71017

67.2500

9.04660

P-value*

< 0.001

< 0.001

The amount of using the Internet to obtain general information in the field of health

Once or several a day

27.3333

5.94947

63.5000

9.48236

Once or several times a week

26.5417

4.89665

62.3438

9.15461

Once or several times a month

24.6389

6.17196

58.4306

10.12155

Once or several times a year

20.6129

5.31462

51.7097

9.32450

P-value*

< 0.001

< 0.001

Using information related to health through social networks

Very little

23.5517

5.15881

57.3793

9.50719

Little

24.6897

5.33254

58.5862

9.79255

To some extent

25.2945

6.30945

59.6781

10.49265

Much

26.7436

4.79977

63.1026

9.09539

Very much

30.2000

4.46716

68.7000

6.48160

P-value*

0.02

0.008

Reliability of information related to health through social networks

Very little

25.2692

4.98444

59.5385

9.50465

Little

22.2200

5.91536

55.1600

10.97745

To some extent

25.7792

5.80539

60.6753

9.56975

Much

29.9524

2.51945

68.0000

7.07814

Very much

35.0000

4.24264

73.0000

0.00000

P-value*

< 0.001

< 0.001